Jenn Rourke (Ninja) has been a radio DJ since 2001. Ninja first became interested in radio at age 7, listening to Casey Kasem's countdown every Sunday. As a teenager, Ninja's radio obsession shifted to the Dr. Demento Show, Loveline, and several Chicago-based music shows.
The radio name Ninja dates back to 2004 while interning at a Chicago morning show, because at the time, Ninja also operated MidwestNinja - an automated streaming radio station that played only Midwestern artists.
In past lives, Ninja hosted lots of radio shows, including The 2 Blondes Coutdown (countdown show - check), The Dysfunctional Jukebox (comedy music show - check); wrote a column called Hell on Stilts (giving advice to strangers - check), and got fired from writing said column (everyone in radio gets fired at least once - check).
Listen to Ninja's two most recent shows below.
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2/18 - 11am hour
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11:33am
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Alkaline Trio Local
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Versions of You
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Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise)
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11:31am
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Tiga & Hudson Mohawke
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Night Is Not
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L'Ecstasy (Love Minus Communications)
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11:26am
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Langhorne Slim & The Law
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Coffee Cups
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The Way We Move (Ramseur)
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11:23am
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The Bottle Rockets
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Coffee Monkey (Chicken Truck Tareytons "Take the Cake" 5 Song EP Cassette)
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Bottle Rockets (Deluxe Edition) (Bloodshot)
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Track Notes: by request
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11:20am
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Lonnie Liston Smith
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Expansions
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single (Ace)
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Track Notes: by request
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11:17am
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Adrianne Lenker / "" / / ()
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Sadness As A Gift
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Bright Future (4AD)
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Track Notes: out 3/22
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11:13am
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Uriah Heap
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Easy Livin'
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Demons and Wizards (Bronze)
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Track Notes: 1972
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11:06am
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Doleful Lions Local
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He Hate Me
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single (self)
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11:04am
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Rick DAnko
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Java Blues
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At Dylan's Cafe, Washington DC, December 8, 1987 (Bear Records )
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Track Notes: by request
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11:00am
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Velvet Vision
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I Think of You Often
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Together (Self-Released)
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2/18 - 10am hour
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10:56am
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Sylvan Esso
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Coffee
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WITH (Loma Vista)
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Track Notes: by request
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10:53am
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Moon Mannequin Local
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Relax
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When the Way is Wide (self-released)
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10:46am
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Head East
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Never Been Any Reason
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Flat as a Pancake (A&M)
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Track Notes: 1975
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Buy Head East Flat as a Pancake at Reckless Records
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10:43am
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Ana Tijoux
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Niñx
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Vida (Victoria Producciones)
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10:40am
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Toni Price
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Too Much Coffee
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Hey (New West)
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Track Notes: by request
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10:34am
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The Smile
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Wall Of Eyes
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Wall Of Eyes (XL)
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10:32am
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Ween
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What Deaner Was Talkin' About
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Chocolate and Cheese (Elektra)
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Buy Ween Chocolate and Cheese at Reckless Records
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10:29am
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Ty Segall
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Hi Dee Dee
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Three Bells (Drag City)
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10:25am
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Prince
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Starfish And Coffee
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Sign 'O' the Times (Warner Bros.)
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10:21am
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Squeeze
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Black Coffee in Bed
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Singles: 45's and Under (A&M)
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10:17am
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Toxic Audio
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Caffeine
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Word of Mouth (DRG)
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Track Notes: 2005. Orlando a cappella quintet
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10:11am
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Umbra & the Volcan Siege Local
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Elleipsis
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Umbra and the Volcan Siege / The Anna Maze Split 12" (Volcan Galley)
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Buy Umbra & the Volcan Siege Umbra and the Volcan Siege / The Anna Maze Split 12" at Reckless Records
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10:05am
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Los Espiritus
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Perdida Es En Fuego
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Agua Ardiente (self)
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Track Notes: 2017. by request
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10:01am
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Faizal Mostrixx
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Mutations
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Mutations (Glitterbeat)
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2/18 - 9am hour
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9:59am
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J Mascis
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Right Behind You
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What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop)
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Buy J Mascis What Do We Do Now at Reckless Records
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9:50am
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Tower of Power
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You're Still a Young Man
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Bump City (Warner)
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Track Notes: 1972
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Buy Tower of Power Bump City at Reckless Records
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9:47am
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Shygirl
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tell me (feat. Boys Noize)
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Club Shy (Because)
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9:42am
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Cake
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I Will Survive
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Fashion Nugget (Capricorn)
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9:37am
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The Coctails Local
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Clown's Coffee
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Long Sound (Carrot Top)
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9:32am
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Orgone
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Basilisk
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Chimera (3 Palm)
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Buy Orgone Chimera at Reckless Records
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